CommanderNavyInstallations(CNI)CommunicationsPlan.docVIP

Revision to the E7-E9 FITREP Communications Plan GOAL: To communicate to Navy Leadership and the Navy’s Chiefs Mess a revision to the E7-E9 Fitness Report: -Emphasize the reasoning behind the revision and the intended impact it will have on the Navy -Outline the steps required to ensure the new Fitrep is ready by the September 2008 evaluation cycle for Chiefs and Senior Chiefs. BACKGROUND: In September 2006, the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy introduced his Mission, Vision and Guiding Principles for the Navy’s Chiefs Mess. The intent was to re-enforce the expectation of Chief Petty Officers as Deckplate Leaders. Over the course of 18 months, the Mess and the rest of the Navy have recognized the Guiding Principles as the standard by which we should be evaluating Chief Petty Officers; and it established a baseline of expectations. Since their introduction to the Fleet, the Guiding Principles have been included in Chief’s Mess Training, Chief Selectee Training, Selection Board precepts for E7-E9, the Command Master Chief instruction and the Senior Enlisted Academy curriculum. The revised Chief Petty Officer Evaluation (CHIEFEVAL) aligns the Navy’s expectations of senior enlisted leaders with the way they should be evaluated. The Guiding Principles (Deck-plate Leadership, Institutional and Technical Expertise, Professionalism, Loyalty, Character, Active Communication and A Sense of Heritage) will replace the previous performance traits (Professional Expertise, Command or Organizational Climate/Equal Opportunity, Military Bearing/Character, Teamwork, Mission Accomplishment and Initiative, Leadership and Tactical Performance). The CHIEFEVAL differs from the previous fitrep only in the performance trait blocks. Trait average, summary average and blocks 1-32 remain unchanged and computations will not be affected by the revision. NAVFIT 98A can not be reprogrammed in time for use in the September 2008 evaluation cycle. Therefore, commands will be aske